Well, I lost a bunch of weight (180 lbs.), and I want to keep it off, so I'm looking for an interesting workout. Martial arts fits the bill, but I don't want to do solo forms, I prefer grappling, or at least working out with a partner.

Wrestling sounds ideal, maybe boxing.
I include judo and jujitsu in the term 'wrestling' here.
Too much guff in Aikido, hard to distill the good bits.

6/01/2006 2:54pm,

rino86

You were pretty spot on with the randori comment. I switched to Bjj because I just want to roll damnit! 30 minutes of instruction and an hour of practice suits me much better than vice versa.

I think if the guy is looking to get into shape he may have a similar attitude.

V- I swam in highschool and now do Bjj. Its really true, from my experience BJJ may work even more muscles than swimming since you dont repeat the same pattern.

6/01/2006 3:02pm,

Goju - Joe

Resistant grappling is one of the best work outs you can do. I always equate it to swimming. You end up using all your muscles in conjunction to each other than you normally do, while at the same time elevating your cardio.